Hello readers from this chapter I'll be referring to Agent Messner by her name Kate. Hope you all enjoy. And sorry for the long wait.
Chapter 4 Barsad
Kate smiled to herself then turned around slowly with her hands up to show Barsad that she was unarmed. He eyed her top to bottom, nodded before taking another step further into the house. Kate remained standing by the coffee table that laid open for all to read. She mentally kicked herself as Barsad found the address book and ran his finger over the page reading the only name that was there.
"I'll be taking this." He said closing the address book and sliding it into his side pocket. Kate shrugged and let her eyes wonder to the couch. Tucked in the cushion was a 9mm pistol. She calculated the time it would take to get to the couch and to dig through the right side of the cushion. She was too caught up calculating time she almost didn't hear Barsad.
"I wouldn't bother Messner. I found your 9mm the other day tucked deep inside the right cushion. The same goes for the glock in the bedroom. If my memory serves me right I believe it's the same one you shot me with." Kate sighed.
"You were in my house the other day?" she asked as Barsad went for his radio.
"Bane didn't want you to do anything stupid." Kate rolled her eyes and tried to listen to Barsad as he communicated with someone else on the other end of the radio. She moved a step forward when suddenly two more men dressed in military boots armed with heavy weapons entered her apartment.
"Sure, just welcome yourselves in." she hissed sarcastically. Barsad smiled before grabbing Kate by the arm and shoved in a forward motion. "Bane's waiting on you."
Kate followed Barsad down the stairs from her apartment building and out into the street. It was quiet out, strange and still. The streets weren't as crowded as usual; it was as if time itself had stopped. The city inhaled and was holding its breath waiting for the exhale. It was unnerving. But it was barely day one and anything could happen. The city of Gotham should fear Bane's next move. Kate's experience taught her to be on her toes, she knew he was unpredictable. With the city as his chess broad, he made the moves.
She sat behind Barsad in the black SUV, The driver a few times glanced at Kate from the mirror. The other sat across from her. Silence played a loud tune on the drive, she didn't bother to ask where they were going, and chances are they probably wouldn't tell her a damn thing. Bane ran his army that way. After the seven years of looking into statements given by those that lived to tell the tale, She learned a great deal about Bane and his men. Barsad especially, He remained silent peering occasionally out the passenger window and every few minutes looking into the mirror to see Kate. Kate learned about his complete devotion to whatever Bane's cause was. Everywhere Bane was; so was he. He wasn't a man who question Bane's authority unlike the unlucky few who have.
"Tell me Messner, What runs through your head right now?" asked Barsad staring back at Kate through the rear view mirror. Kate glared back before turning to her side window. "Why hasn't he come to kill me yet? He's had many chances." Kate answered then looked back into the mirror seeing only Barsad's cold grey ones. The crinkle around his eyes showed his amusement. "Messner, you and I both know that from the very beginning he never had any intentions of killing you." Kate glared back at Barsad who began to chuckle. "He'd be doing me a favor if he'd just do it." Kate muttered still in her staring contest with Barsad.
"The man he had shot down in Africa? Who was he?" Barsad asked not looking away. Kate could tell that he was trying to get a reaction out of her. "You and Bane followed my team around Africa for months. I'm sure you saw more than you fair share of what he was to me." Barsad didn't chuckle nor smile. For a second he looked away, "Of course. That's the sacrifice we all have to make in life. Loved ones aren't meant to be kept forever." He replied before finally taking his eyes off the mirror.
Kate inhaled and exhaled as the anger flared up inside again. Kate never gave herself the time to properly mourn for Daniel's death, Even long after she was taken off Bane's case. She wouldn't let the tears roll. Not then and definitely not now, she wouldn't give Bane nor Barsad the satisfaction.
Barsad peered back at the mirror to see only Kate's face hardened, He knew he hit a nerve. Bane would take great pleasure in breaking Messner into nothing. Barsad could see it now, the emotional and physical toll it would take on her. But it was entirely up to her. She could accept or decline, Bane explained to him that Messner would not decline. It was into her nature to take on the challenges that life threw at her.